Enhance!

I sorta leaked it in another post but figured I should make it official. I’ve just been lazy. I bought me a 1984 (one year younger than me) Dodge Rampage 2.2!!!! Not the ideal exterior colour but I think that’ll change next year. Not too many pics yet but here’s a few. Sorry for the quality. The tree’d pics are all…

So the last Rampage link I was looking into kinda fell through. Good price but it needs a significant amount of work and then another inspection. So the overall price for it get registered would be easily over $4500. And that’s if the seller is being totally honest... and I kinda have my doubts... I’ve kinda dragged…

So it’s been a while! I failed to get the car anywhere near complete before winter froze me out of my unheated and poorly lit garage. This spring the wife and I went to Iceland, we came home and I got laid off from my welding job, hooked up power to the garage, set up a bunch of benches and toolboxes, got hired as a…

I was going through some photos looking for something specific and bumped into these gems! Amazing!!!

So made multiple posts today that involved the Suzuki Jimny my wife and I rented while in Iceland. It’s got me thinking. Anybody here know where a guy would import a Jimny into Canada? Just asking. The little guy was awesome and would be great to scoot around the city.

In my never ending pursuit of getting this car to work pre-winter freeze I tackled some exhaust welding tonight. I have to modify a set of Cherokee headers to work with my Edelbrock head. The exit flange runs right beside the engine block in Jeeps. I happen to have a differential bracket there. So I need to chop it,…

I have finished (besides a couple hose clamps) plumbing the Eagle’s gas lines with my fuel injection kit’s new filter, electric pump, and regulator with built in return. I had to use about 20' of FI rated fuel-line. Some 5/16, some 3/8. The original supply line runs up the passenger side and then would cross over the…

I’m getting ready to modify a set of Jeep headers to fit my AMC Eagle. I’m already a welder so one hurdle down. Have a TIG welder showing up Monday, so that’s another problem solved. Have 309 rods and Argon gas. But I don’t really know anything about exhaust systems.

So I managed to get some time into the car over the last couple of weekends and went from this:

It’s back in! I have to torque the engine mounts, and remove/locktite/replace/torque each bell housing bolt. But it’s in, and the hoist is free. So tomorrow some easier bolt work, and then attach the differential brackets back up to the block and that stage is complete. Then exhaust and intake manifolds and all the…

Had a totally rad Saturday with my wife at our first Rallycross event ever. The rain was brutal, the snacks tasty and the cars, supermotos and quads were loud as hell (quads were the loudest). Open paddock access was super fun and neat to watch the mechanics do their thing. Not a lot of major car damage, but saw a lot…

Short version: engine almost ready to be yanked out, super excited to have it rebuilt.

The teardown begins...

Looking to see if any Oppo has the super knowledge of stereo hardware. I used to help my Dad install them back in the day, but my roles were mostly fishing and running wires, looming, soldering, and making brackets. I figure I can probably rewire what I want, but what I really need help with is sourcing a head-unit…

So, I’ve got the Edelbrock 4.0 / 4.2 head now. I took it and the 88' Eagle Wagon up to the engine shop to have the rebuild discussion in person. The bigger ticket items (and not really that big) include boring it out a bit, new pistons, connecting rods, all new bearings, much more aggressive camshaft, a bigger oil…

New Edelbrock head and gasket for the AMC 258 4.2L. Just need to figure out the header scenario then the block goes out for a pretty serious stripping, machining, and rebuilding. Might even hog out the head a bit more. Not sure yet.

This has to be someone’s dream scenario. I’m terrible at getting things done so this would terrify me. And dealing with the bank would be crazy! But there’s got to be a gem or two in there.